Terror Attack in Michigan: Police Officer Stabbed in the Neck by Muslim Shouting ‘Allah Akbar’
Officer Jeff Neville
The stabbing of a police officer at a Michigan airport Wednesday by a Canadian citizen who yelled “Allahu Akbar” and referenced people being killed in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan is being investigated by the FBI as an act of terrorism, officials said.
FBI Special Agent in Charge David P. Gelios said at a news conference Amor Ftouhi, a 50-year-old Canadian citizen, entered Bishop International Airport in Flint around 9:45 a.m. and went to a restroom before dropping both of his bags, coming out with a knife and yelling “Allahu Akbar” … before stabbing Officer Jeff Neville in the neck.
Ftouhi said something similar to “you have killed people in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and we are all going to die” as he was being arrested, accroding to Gelios.
The Canadian citizen was motivated to come to the airport and conduct this act of violence out of a “hated of the United States,” according to Gelios. He first entered the U.S. at Lake Champlain on June 16, and then made his way to Flint, according to Gelios.
Federal prosecutors have charged Ftouhi with committing violence at an airport.
The officer injured in the incident, Jeff Neville is currently listed as being in stable condition, according to Michigan State Police.
